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Read More FORCED EVICTIONS IN CAMBODIA
This month, in commemoration of World Habitat Day 2024, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is releasing a fact sheet on forced evictions in Cambodia, covering the period from the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in late 2021 to the present. This fact sheet builds upon previous publications released by CCHR in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and earlier in 2024. It underscores the human rights obligations of both states and businesses to protect citizens from the grave human rights violation of forced eviction. Additionally, it offers concrete recommendations to the Royal Government of Cambodia to halt forced evictions, safeguard its citizens' housing, and enhance respect for land rights and fundamental freedoms in the Kingdom.
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Read More Dashboard on Freedom of Association
The Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP) is a multi-year project that systematically monitors the ability of Cambodians to exercise the freedoms of association, expression, and assembly. This dashboard presents the key findings regarding the freedom of association from the FFMP’s Seventh Annual Report. In 2022, the FFMP recorded 277 restrictions to the right to freedom of association, 148 of which amounted to a violation of this right.
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Read More Dashboard on Freedom of Assembly
The Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP) systematically monitors the ability of Cambodians to exercise the freedoms of association, expression and assembly. This dashboard presents the key findings on freedom of assembly from the FFMP’s Seventh Annual Report. In 2022, the FFMP recorded 169 restrictions to the right to freedom of assembly, 131 (78%) of which were impermissible, thus amounting to violations.
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Read More Dashboard on Freedom of Expression
The Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP) systematically monitors the ability of Cambodians to exercise the freedoms of association, expression, and assembly. This dashboard presents the key findings on the freedom of expression from the FFMP’s Seventh Annual Report. In 2022, the FFMP recorded 129 incidents involving at least one restriction or violation of the freedom of expression, with the majority of incidents (67) occurring in Phnom Penh.
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Read More Public Perception: 7-Year Trends
CCHR, ADHOC, and the Solidarity Center joined to conduct a nationwide poll of citizens from Nov to Dec 2022. We have compared the results of this survey with the results from the previous years, which allows us to establish a seven-year comparison and identify increasing and decreasing trends.
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Read More Civic Leader Perception: 7-Year Trends
CCHR, ADHOC, and the Solidarity Center joined to conduct a survey among Civic leaders from Sep to Oct 2022. We have compared the results of this survey with the results from the previous years, which allows us to establish a seven-year comparison and identify increasing and decreasing trends.
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Recent Official Interference with Freedoms of Assembly and Expression
Events at recent demonstrations and protests indicate that the fundamental freedoms of expression and assembly in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) are facing ever-greater interference and restriction at the hands of local and national authorities.
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Trade Union Law 2016
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) has classified the Trade Union Law as red because, despite some welcome protections for freedom of association, the law contains a number of disproportionate restrictions on the rights of unions to conduct their activities freely, and is not consistent with Cambodia’s domestic or international human rights obligations.
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Trade Union Law 2016
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) has classified the Trade Union Law as red because, despite some welcome protections for freedom of association, the law contains a number of disproportionate restrictions on the rights of unions to conduct their activities freely, and is not consistent with Cambodia’s domestic or international human rights obligations.
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Mother Nature Activists Targeted Again
The recent illegal detention of Mother Nature activists and community members in Koh Kong province is the latest in a string of incidents aimed at preventing the Mother Nature group from exercising their fundamental rights.
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Arrest of Vong Sokhengly typical of continued police intimidation
Mr. Vong Sokhengly was detained without charge on Monday 04 January 2016 for questioning and ‘education’ in regards to his peaceful protest activities. Police also attempted to have him sign a letter promising to move the protest away. This illegal abuse of power by the authorities violates human rights and is part of an ongoing tactic of intimidation in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”).
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